Railway-joint



(No Model.) v l J. D. MGRGAN 8v W. DAFFRON.

RAILWAY JOINT.

No. 441,683. Patented Dee. 2, 1890.

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-UNiTnD STA-TES PATENT Ormeaa JILES D. MORGAN AND VESLEY DAFFRON, OF INMAN, ALABAMA.`

RAILWAY-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,683, dated December 2, 1890.

y Application filed August 14', 1890. lSerial No. 362,027. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JILES D. MORGAN and WESLEY DAFFRON, citizens of the United States, residing at Inman, in 'the county of St. Clair and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Railway-Joint, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention has relation to railwayjoints; and the objects in view are to provide an extremely strong and durable joint at a small cost and save the employment of the usual fish-plate connecting-bolts, their nuts and locks, and all accessories thereto.-

With the above general objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a rail-joint constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line oc of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. et is a detail in perspective of the base-plate or chair.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 l designate two opposite rail-sections, which are of the usual construction, with the exception that their bases at each side of their webs and near the adjacent or abutting ends of the sections are provided with oblong openings 2, the outer ends of which are beveled or inclined, as at 3.

4t designates the chair or base-plate, and the same is formed of a single casting with opposite inclined ends or sides to give it a broad seat, and between its sides is provided with a recess 5, extending throughout the length of the same. The recess 5 is of a width to snugly embrace the bases of the rails and is of a depth about agreeing with the same. At each side of its transverse center and also of its longitudinal center the plate 4 within its recess is provided with upwardlydisposed lugs 6, the upper ends of which are provided with heads 7, the inner ends of the lugs being undercut or dovetailed, as at 8, to agree with the beveled ends 3 of the slots or openings 2, the upper adjacent ends of the lugs being nearer together than are the corresponding ends of the openings. The opposite beveled sides of the chair or base et. are

provided at each side of their centers with vertical slots 9, which extend from the edges of Ithe plates inwardly to the walls of the recess et.

The base or chair maybe spiked to a single tie 10, as shown, or to two adjacent ties, as will be obvious, and the manner of mounting the rails in position is as follows: One rail-section is mounted over the lugs 7, said lugs passing through the oblong slots or openings 2 thereof, and said rail-section is slid longitudinally in an outward direction or away from the chair, which permits of the companion railsection being likewise introduced. When slid longitudinally, the undercut end of the head 7 overlaps the base of the rail, and after the companion rail-section is introduced the undercut heads 7 at that side of the base take into the slot or openings 2 and overlap the inner ends thereof, so that it is impossible to withdraw the two rails from the lugs simultaneously, one rail having to be slid as far as possible before the opposite rail can be removed. After the rail-sections have been placed in position spikes ll are driven in each of the slots 9,and the heads of the spikes extend inwardly over the bases of the rails, as shown, whereby the rails are prevented from longitudinal movement and also from vertical movement.

The extreme facility and dispatchwithv which rails may be thus joined will be obvious to all experienced in the construction of railroads, and by our invention we save both time and expense in laying the rails over that accruing from the use of thel usual fishplates and bolts. Furthermore, lateral displacement of the rails is absolutely impossible, and we are therefore enabled to save trackwalkers and rail-inspectors, or at any rate greatly reduce the number now necessary upon every railroad. Although the rails are so securely fastened it will be obvious that a desired removal of the same may be readily accomplished and with greater ease than has heretofore been the case.

Having thus described our invention, what wc claim isl. vIn a railway-joint, the combination, with the opposite rail-section, the bases of which near their ends and at each side of their web are provided with oblong openings, of a base- ICO plate or chair mounted upon a cross-tie under the ends of the rail-sections recessed upon its upper surface to receive the buse, :in d having opposite pairs of headed lugs adapted t0 take through the openings in the bases of Iche rails and having their adjacent ends undercut t0 overlap the ends of theopenings, which latter have their adjacent ends farther apart than are the upper Iadjacent ends of the lugs, and spikes passed through the bese-plete into the tie, substantially es specified.

2. In a railway-joint, the combination, with the opposite rail-sections, the bases of which near their ends and at each side of their Webs are provided with oblong openings, the inner ends of which are beveled, ofthe chair or base-plate mountedupon a, tie under the ends of the sections centrally recessed to receive the bases, and having heeded lugs cast in the bottom of the recesses adapted to pass through the openings and having undercut inner ends overlapping the beveled edges of the openings, said chair being provlded with opposite. slots extending from their outer edge tnres in presence of two witnesses.

1. JILEs D. l; MORGAN.

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his WESLEY DAFFRON.

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Witnesses:

JAMES A. EMBRY, E. E. CLAYTON. 

